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12 October 2020 News

ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP -FOCUS ON STAKEHOLDERS’ FEEDBACK TO F-GAS ROADMAP

Illegal trade was raised by about 18 stakeholders in their feedback to the Commission on Fluorinated greenhouse gases – review of EU rules (2015-20). The main themes raised are: Circumventing t...
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11 October 2020 News

NEW R-513A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR RELIABLE PROCESSES AND ECONOMICAL COOLING

The production of precision parts requires tightly controlled process conditions and refrigeration technology plays an essential role as it ensures consistent parameters and a high level of process re...
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10 October 2020 News

R-455A PREFERRED TO CO2 FOR NEW CONDENSING UNITS IN MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Efficiency at the usual operating temperatures resulted in a decision not to use CO2 for condensing units even though the company had invested heavily in CO2 (R-744) technology in the past. The compan...
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09 October 2020 News

DANISH HOTEL USES REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS AND COMPRESSORS DESIGNED FOR R-449A AND R-513A

A Danish hotel, which is part of Project Zero and a demonstration venue for the unique clean-tech expertise of the Sønderborg area. Ambitious sustainability goals have been set out since it was initi...
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08 October 2020 News

IN BRIEF: EMISSIONS FROM USE OF FLUOROCARBONS AS FEEDSTOCK

Ozone Regulation 1005/2009 requires users of ozone depleting substances as feedstock to report the quantities used, their processes and emissions. According to the recent EEA Briefing Paper, in 2019,...
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07 October 2020 News

NEW ON OUR SITE OCTOBER 2020

Cefic: Check out our industry's response to COVID-19. EFCTC is a sector group of Cefic....
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01 September 2020 News

Cefic: Check Out Our Industry’s Response To COVID-19

EFCTC is a sector group of Cefic. The European chemical industry has been playing an essential role during the COVID-19 crisis....
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31 August 2020 News

PFAS CALL FOR EVIDENCE: EFCTC SUBMITS COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION PACKAGE ABOUT HFCs AND HFOs

The EFCTC submission to the call for evidence on Per- and Poly Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFASs) provides a comprehensive package of information that builds on the EFCTC position paper “Per- and...
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30 August 2020 News

EU-FUNDED RES4BUILD PROJECT FINALISED HEAT PUMP DESIGN USES HFO R-1234ZE(E)

The EU-funded RES4BUILD project is developing integrated renewable energy-based solutions that are tailored to the needs and requirements of users and installers. The project aims to increase the upta...
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29 August 2020 News

ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP SEPTEMBER 2020

In this round-up: the Commission insists it is taking action to prevent illegal trade in HFCs; The German air conditioning and refrigeration industry raises doubts about an amendment to the German Ch...
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28 August 2020 News

EFCTC WELCOMES THE PUBLICATION OF THE COMBINED EVALUATION ROADMAP/INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO REVISE THE F-GAS REGULATION

EFCTC welcomes the publication by the European Commission of the “Combined Evaluation Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment” (Ref. Ares(2020)3402178 – 29/06/2020) to inform and enable stakeholders...
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27 August 2020 News

HIGH CAPACITY R-32 CHILLER OFFERS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

A range of R-32 chillers with capacities up to 1100 kW offer high efficiency, free cooling and in addition extremely low refrigerant leakage <3 g/year due to their hermetic construction. The air-co...
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26 August 2020 News

IN BRIEF: EXPLOSION DUE TO HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANT IN A SUPERMARKET IN THE VAR

The daily Var Matin reported that the explosion was linked to a maintenance intervention on refrigeration equipment. Explanatory note: The incident emphasizes the need for high standards and trainin...
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25 August 2020 News

NEW ON OUR SITE SEPTEMBER 2020

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (FLW) on September 29, 2020. The day offers an opportunity to sharpen focus on the need to reduce FLW and how doing so can contribute to sustaina...
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06 July 2020 News

Cefic: Our Industry’s Response To COVID-19

Watch the Covestro Home Office Talks on our “How Chemistry responds to COVID-19”at our industry’s response to COVID-19. EFCTC is a sector group of Cefic....
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05 July 2020 News

ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP JULY-AUGUST 2020

In this round-up: EFCTC and Oxera report illegal refrigerant imports could be as much as one third of EU market in 2018; German draft law will help combat illegal trade; OLAF Director explains illega...
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04 July 2020 News

EU REPORTS DECREASING HFC EMISSIONS FOR FOURTH YEAR

The EU publishes annually its official inventory of greenhouse gas emissions as required under the UNFCCC. For the 4 years since 2014, reported HFC emissions have decreased each year and, also decre...
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03 July 2020 News

2019: HFCs CONTRIBUTE 1.08% TO CLIMATE WARMING INFLUENCE OF GREENHOUSE GASES

The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2019 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), which follows the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability of...
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02 July 2020 News

THE OZONE DEPLETION POTENTIAL DEFINITION AND VERY SHORT- LIVED SUBSTANCES (CF3I And HCFOs)

The ozone depletion potential (ODP) concept was initially developed to measure the potential impact of long‐lived gases, those with multi-year atmosphere lifetimes, on stratospheric ozone. For very...
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01 July 2020 News

RECENT PAPER ON ICE CORE RECORDS MAY SUPPORT NATURAL TRANSPORT CYCLE FOR TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID

rifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is a naturally occurring substance and a ubiquitous component of the hydrosphere. It is found in fog snow and rain at levels in the 1990s that could not be explained by the k...
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30 June 2020 News

IN BRIEF: EMISSIONS OF INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GASES HAVE TO BE REPORTED TO UNFCCC

The EU publishes annually its official inventory of greenhouse gas emissions as required under the UNFCCC. As part of this submission, emissions of CO, NOx, NMVOC (non-methane volatile organic chemi...
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02 June 2020 News

Cefic: Our Industry’s Response To COVID-19

See how the chemical industry has been fighting the crisis. Across Europe, Cefic members have been collectively taking action in the fight against COVID-19. Our industry’s response to COVID-19′, s...
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01 June 2020 News

EFCTC COMMENT ON RECENT PAPER “Ice Core Record Of Persistent Shortchain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence Of The Impact From Global Environmental Regulations”.

EFCTC welcomes the informative paper reporting on ice core record of persistent shortchain fluorinated alkyl acids (scPFCAs). It adds to the extensive academic papers and reviews about environmental e...
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31 May 2020 News

ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP JUNE 2020

In this round-up: EFCTC explains the aims of the illegal trade information hub website https://stopillegalcooling.eu/; Le Monde reports on the effects of illegal trade; and illegal HFCs seized by Bulg...
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